unend
unend verb: to undo or reverse the end or ending of.
Verb
unend (third-person singular simple present unends, present participle unending, simple past and past participle unended)
- To undo or reverse the end or ending of
- Rather, it interrupts every origin and end, every essence and form, unends every end.1996, Stephen David Ross, The Gift of Beauty: The Good as Art
- [...] it was more likely that Aunt Lily still was not surfeit of her 60's attire, ignored every clothes brokerage for it, still wore it to unend an era she had a deeply personal attachment to, for no other reason than that her newlywed days had also blossomed at that time.2009, William Penn, Love in The Time of Flowers
Noun
unend (countable and uncountable, plural unends)
- Absence or lack of ending; continuation; infinity
- First halves of life are oft' spent spending—on / Unends of refuse, you seldom will use.2010, Alfred Colo, Laughing Matters
- She listened and listened to unend.2016, Vicky Glasgow, The Mage Emperor
Forms of unend
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | unends |
| present participle | unending |
| past participle | unended |
| past | unended |
| Noun | |
| plural | unends |
Origin of unend
From un- (prefix denoting reversal) + end (verb).
From un- (“lack of”) + end (noun).
Questions about unend
- What does unend mean?
- Unend means to undo or reverse the end or ending of.
- What part of speech is unend?
- Unend can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of unend?
- The past tense of unend is unended.
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